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Notices Federal Register

37091

Vol. 63, No. 131

Thursday, July 9, 1998

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation

Cotton Storage Agreement Fees

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice of fees.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to publish a schedule of fees to be paid

to Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)

by cotton warehouse operators

requesting to enter into a storage

agreement or adjusting the capacity of

an existing storage agreement.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Howard Froehlich, Chief, Storage

Contract Branch, Warehouse and

Inventory Division, Farm Service

Agency, United States Department of

Agriculture, 1400 Independence

Avenue, SW., STOP 0553, Washington,

D.C. 20250–0553, telephone (202) 720–

7398, FAX (202) 690–3123.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

In accordance with the provisions of

the Commodity Credit Corporation

Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714 et seq.), CCC

enters into storage agreements with

private cotton warehouse operators to

provide for the storage of commodities

owned by CCC or pledged as security to

CCC for marketing assistance and price

support loans.

Specifically, 7 CFR part 1427.1087

provides that all cotton warehouse

operators who do not have an existing

agreement with CCC for storage and

handling of CCC-owned commodities or

commodities pledged to CCC as loan

collateral, but who desire such an

agreement, must pay an application and

examination fee for each warehouse for

which CCC approval is sought prior to

CCC conducting the original warehouse

examination.

A review of the revenue collected for

application and examination fees

indicates that the fees collected are

insufficient to meet costs incurred by

CCC for warehouse examinations and

contract origination administrative

functions. Accordingly, beginning with

the 1998–99 contract year, the fees are

changed by increasing by 10 percent

those fees that were applicable to the

1997–98 contract year. The fee change

will be effective July 1, the beginning of

the 1998–99 contract year.

The fee will be computed at the rate

of $75 for each 1,000 bales of storage

capacity or fraction thereof, but the fee

will be not less than $150 nor more than

$1,500.

Signed at Washington, DC, on July 2, 1998.

Bruce R. Weber,

Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity

Credit Corporation.

[FR Doc. 98–18270 Filed 7–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Revised Land and Resource

Management Plans, Boise National

Forest and Payette National Forest,

Idaho; Significant Amendment Land

and Resource Management Plan,

Sawtooth National Forest, ID

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Supplement to notice of intent

to prepare an Environmental Impact

Statement in conjunction with revision

of the Land and Resource Management

Plans for the Boise and Payette National

Forests, and significant amendment to

the Land and Resource Management

Plan for the Sawtooth National Forest

located in Ada, Adams, Blaine, Boise,

Camas, Canyon, Cassia, Custer, Elmore,

Gem, Gooding, Idaho, Jerome, Lincoln,

Minidoka, Owyhee, Payette, Twin Falls,

Valley and Washington Counties, Idaho;

Box Elder Country, Utah, and Malheur

County, Oregon.

SUPPLEMENT: On June 29, 1998, Regional

Forester Jack Blackwell made a decision

to extend the comment period on the

proposed programmatic action for the

Revision of the Forest Plans for the

Boise and Payette National Forests and

the Significant Amendment of the

Forest Plan for the Sawtooth National

Forest. As defined in the Federal

Register, Vol. 63, No. 79, dated Friday,

April 24, 1998, the original comment

period ended on June 25, 1998. In

response to public requests, the

comment period has been extended an

additional 60 days and will now close

on August 25, 1998.

For further information concerning

this project, contact Jeff Foss, Boise

National Forest Planner at 1249 South

Vinnell Way, Boise, Idaho, 83709; Faye

Krueger, Payette National Forest Planner

at P.O. Box 1026, McCall, Idaho, 83638;

or Sharon LaBrecque, Sawtooth

National Forest Planner at 2647

Kimberly Road, Twin Falls, Idaho,

83301.

Comments concerning this project

should be sent to Joey Pearson,

Administrative Assistant, Payette

National Forest, P.O. Box 1026, McCall,

Idaho, 83638.

Dated: July 1, 1998.

Christopher L. Pyron,

Deputy Regional Forester, Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–18196 Filed 7–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

National Agricultural Statistics Service

Intent To Request an Extension of a

Currently Approved Information

Collection

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. No. 104–13) and Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

regulations at 5 CFR Part 1320 (60 FR

44978, August 29, 1995), this notice

announces the intent of the National

Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to

request an extension of a currently

approved information collection, the

Equine Survey.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by September 14, 1998 to be

assured of consideration.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:

Contact Rich Allen, Associate

Administrator, National Agricultural

Statistics Service, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue

SW, Room 4117 South Building,